THE NATION: Turnabout

The U.S. Government last week turned full
face to enter the age of the satellite. It left behind the notions that
no speedup was necessary in missile and satellite development, that the
administrative organization of the defense establishment was
satisfactory, that interservice rivalries were somehow healthy, that
the budget remained sacrosanct even while Red moons spun through the
sky. Just a few weeks before, President Eisenhower, asked at his press
conference if he might name a special White House scientific adviser,
replied: "I hadn't thought of that." Last week he not only appointed
such an adviser but gave him...